Reborn As A Beast Queen with Too Many Husbands to Pet novel Chapter 184

Chapter 184 In the Cave

Oh my god, what is even happening right now? Annelise thought.

What was she even about to say?

“Uh… Riven? Riven, what are you doing?”

Riven didn’t respond, but his whole body leaned closer Annelise.

If she moved her hand just a little, she’d touch him.

She called out again. “Riven?”

“Mmm… so hot…”

“What?!”

Annelise quickly turned to face him, shifting so they were side by side.

His cheeks were flushed.

Sweat dotted his forehead, and his body temperature had climbed higher than before.

His eyes looked glassy.

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“Is the venom kicking in? No… not fully. He’d raised his temperature earlier to burn it off, so that must’ve helped a little.”

Annelise thought, Strong venom like this doesn’t break down right away under heat. It takes time… slowly…

Which made sense, given what she expected from that shaman freak.

Pure evil.

From the moment she spread smallpox, she’d clearly decided she was done with this place and wanted everyone else to die with her.

Seriously, what the hell? That woman was just a full-blown psycho trying to take down society.

While she was thinking that, Riven mumbled, “Annelise you little female… don’t move. Let me just lean on you…”

“Okay, okay, fine.”

You’re poisoned. You’re out of it. You win, Annelise thought.

He didn’t seem fully conscious. Annelise reached for his wrist to check his pulse.

Everything looked fine. With Riven’s elevated temperature and fast heart rate, the toxins would probably clear out soon,

He had the fastest heartbeat of any shifter she’d ever seen,

It had to be tied to his core temperature.

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And the fact that he burned this long and only ended up like this? If a regular shifter got hit with the same venom, they’d be paralyzed or dead.

“Don’t move!”

“Okay, okay, I’m not! I was just checking your pulse!”

Riven rubbed his head against her shoulder.

His long red hair brushed her cheek. It wasn’t fluffy, but it was soft.

“Little female, I only feel a little happy when I’m leaning on you like this.

“But I know… when I’m happy… you’re not.”

“Why wouldn’t I be happy?” she asked.

“Because you don’t smile anymore. Ever since you bonded with me, you stopped smiling at me.

“You don’t tease me. You’re even colder than when we first met.”

As he finished saying that, Riven rubbed his head on her again.

He shifted upward, nuzzling into the side of her neck.

Riven was nothing like his usual self.

Then he kept going. “I liked it when you used to smile at me and argue with me.

“I liked it when you pushed back and called me out.

“I liked it… I liked you…”

It was like someone had pumped him full of truth serum. He was saying things he’d never say otherwise.

Annelise’s heart started pounding so hard it hurt.

She even pressed her hand to her chest. If she didn’t know her own body inside out, she’d have thought she was having heart problems.

“Are you… are you being serious right now?”

Riven mumbled, “What?”

“I said, are you serious about liking me?”

Riven groaned and rubbed against her again.

“Of course I am. At first, I just thought you were this weird little female. I’d never met anyone like you.

“But then, I realized how sharp you were. How fearless. You didn’t go looking for trouble, but you never ran from it either… and I wanted to keep looking at you.”.

Riven said that the more he looked, the more he couldn’t stop.

He just wanted to see her every single day.

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Right after saying that, he rubbed his face against her again. This time, his cheek brushed hers.

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Annelise pulled back just a little, and Riven ended up on top of her, bracing both arms on either side of her face.

His red hair swept against her cheek.

His face was flushed, and his breath was so warm it gave her goosebumps down her neck.

“Little female… I swear… I didn’t force you into that bon. I just… I just wanted to save your home…”

He said it in such a rush.

Then he stared at her for a second before leaning in and rubbing against her again.

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